‘Don’t lecture on sedition': Amit Shah slams Kerala govt over political killings in southern state

New Delhi, April 07: Coming down heavily on a CPI Rajya Sabha member's remark on the Criminal Procedure (Identification) bill, the Union Home Minister took a veiled dig at Kerala's leftist govt over the incidents of political killings in Kerala.

 

 

Shah's attack came in response to CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Vishwam's allegation that BJP-led central government, misuses the sedition law.

 

During the Rajya Sabha proceedings, Binoi, while talking about the Criminal Procedure (Identification) bill, he termed the new bill which was passed in Rajya sabha as 'colonial' and 'draconian'. Opposing the bill he criticised the central government and flagged the misuse of the seduction law. He alleged that the central government misuses the sedition law.

 

 

Trashing all the allegations, Shah said that at least CPI MP's from Kerala should not lecture us on sedition, citing the Kerala political killings. Shah, while hitting back at Viswam accused the Left of killing BJP workers in Kerala.

 

Shah said, 100 workers of his party were killed under CPI led government over various political reasons.

 

 

According to the data, over 200 plus political murders have occurred in Kerala since 2000. The data shows that the number of killings rose higher during LDF regimes. Kannur contributed to 50% of political murders in the state.

 

Last year, a Sanjith, a 26-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was hacked to death allegedly by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) goons. SDPI is the political wing of the Islamist organisation Popular Front of India (PFI).

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